Hey CK, sure I'd be interested in the swim workouts. I don't like swimming with pool toys though (buoys or planks). All I do is freestyle at various distances and speeds in the pool, for a total of 2,000 meters/yards per session. Any more than that and I go crazy. I'm cheap so even though there are Masters program in my area (I'm in Highlands Ranch, not Boulder), I just do my own thing. Thanks to YouTube videos I've managed to learn to flip turn, breathe bilaterally and I'm constantly working on my position in the water, high elbow, head down, blah-blah. But the bottom line in open water swims is all this stuff doesn't really matter all that much anymore when you can't sight and/or you freak out or you're caught in traffic! Last year at my first ever open water tri (harvest moon) I did the 1.2 mile swim in 28 minutes - very average really - but I thought I had this thing down pat - enough to limit my losses. Now it's back to the drawing board.

I did the Racine 70.3 in 36:XX, so we are in the same ball park. You seem to be right around 2:00 / 100m and I was just under that (with wetsuit). But like I said, I did 1:40 / 100m on Sunday so the FF program has definitely paid big dividends for me. I think you'll see similar results. We clearly have the cardio system to swim better than we are (bike times show that), so it has to be technique related.